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Errors in the summary of the featured article

Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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Current DYK

I'm sorry, how exactly can you quantify "uncool dads" in the section about jorts? Is there a scientific consensus how how to measure coolness factor? It's a very sloppy and subjective use of terminology. Just remove it and re-write it as:

"... that jorts (example pictured), are associated with 1960s counterculture, punks, rappers, skaters, and "Brat summer"?

Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:07, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

For me, the reference that allegedly confirms the "uncool dads" sits behind a pay wall, hence I can't get to it to see for myself what it has to say. The primary issue that I have is that it's DYK convention that content that confirms hooks that's offline or behind a pay wall gets copied into the nomination form, so that the reviewers can assess the situation. This hasn't happened in this case. Pinging those involved: Vigilantcosmicpenguin (as nominator), Soulbust (as reviewer), AirshipJungleman29 (as promoter to prep), and RoySmith (as promoter to queue). It is, of course, entirely possible that all these parties can see the source, and the problem is just with those who don't have access to The Wall Street Journal. Schwede66 03:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

It's using the Wikipedia voice for something that is hopelessly and will forever be subjective and thus very unencyclopedic. It's like reading a DYK segment that reads "...that Lionel Stevenson's novels are like totally lameo?" Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I do wonder what the source has to say. Let's see what those who I have pinged have to say about it. Schwede66 03:41, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't have a WSJ subscription, but the snippet of the article that's visible says, "And now, jorts — those frumpy jean shorts worn by beer-clutching dads behind the barbecue — have wormed their way into style". So I don't think the hook is that much of a problem. Frumpy and uncool are pretty much the same thing, but I'll change the word in the hook anyway. RoySmith (talk) 04:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

I did have kind of the same concern when suggesting the hook; you're right that it doesn't quite fit with wikivoice. I'll suggest the alternate phrasing of despite their negative association with "dad" style..., which is more directly backed up by the Marie Claire source. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 05:41, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

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